State Medical Societies’ Role in Advancing the Quality Agenda
Monday, Jun. 16, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
Columbus E-F
Chicago, IL
Description
The AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement® (PCPI) has long been committed to enhancing the quality of patient care by taking the lead in the development, testing, and maintenance of evidence-based clinical performance measures and measurement resources for physicians. To date, 26 state medical societies are members of the PCPI (CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NM, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI). Membership in the PCPI can help state medical societies advance their quality agendas.
State medical societies are uniquely positioned to increase the awareness and understanding of quality improvement/performance measurement efforts that will affect their patients and their practices They are also critical in influencing how measures are adopted in local quality improvement initiatives and within practices, health plans, and electronic health record systems.
The AMA has adopted “Quality Improvement in Health Care” as a strategic goal. Within this effort the AMA aims to establish clinical performance measures through the PCPI, remove barriers to implementation of those measures at the practice level, and facilitate physician engagement and leadership. Successful improvement of quality of care relies on the critical leadership role that state medical societies assume in regional quality improvement initiatives on behalf of the profession, since these activities will increasingly impact their members and their patients. This educational session is designed to demonstrate how three state medical societies are leading efforts to improve quality of patient care across their respective states through multi-stakeholder collaboratives.
Program Speakers and Agenda
- Moderator: Introductions and overview of national quality improvement initiatives
- Susan M. Nedza, MD, MBA, AMA Vice President, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety
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- Representatives from state medical society PCPI members actively involved in statewide quality initiatives
- Wisconsin Medical Society (PDF, 158KB)
- Susan L. Turney, MD, CEO, Executive Vice President, Wisconsin Medical Society
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- Tennessee Medical Association (PDF, 588KB)
- James E. Bailey, MD, MPH, FACP, MK Callison Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
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- Michigan State Medical Society (PDF, 95KB)
- David T. Walsworth, MD, FAAFP, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs, College of Human Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
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- Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, PCPI Chair
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- Questions/Answers
Learning objectives
After this educational session, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate ways to increase a community’s awareness and understanding of performance measures and quality improvement/performance measurement issues;
- Identify methods to implement measures within practices and in statewide initiatives;
- Develop strategies to actively engage physicians to take leadership in improving the quality of patient care; and
- Identify opportunities to convene or participate in local quality collaboratives.
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Content provided by: CPE Staff